Ojas Is Not the Immune SystemWhen ojas is reduced to immunity, every dimension that matters is lost. Vaidya Dr. P. Rammanohar explains why Ayurveda's framework makes visible what Western immunology structurally cannot see, how a randomized controlled trial was designed around Ayurvedic clinical reasoning rather than against it, and why the body in autoimmune distress is better understood as angry than as attacking itself. The conversation ends with dharma as ecological repair, and the claim that sustainable development goals are dharmic goals by another name.Guest: Vaidya Dr. P. Rammanohar, Research Director at ĀCĀRA (Amrita Centre for Advanced Research in Ayurveda), Amritapuri, Kerala, India.References mentioned:— Rammanohar, P. "Research for Understanding as Opposed to Evaluating Ayurveda." Ancient Science of Life 34, no. 2 (2014): 61–63. DOI: 10.4103/0257-7941.153456— Furst, D.E., Venkatraman, M.M., Ram Manohar, P., et al. "Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled, Pilot Study Comparing Classic Ayurvedic Medicine, Methotrexate, and Their Combination in Rheumatoid Arthritis." Journal of Clinical Rheumatology 17, no. 4 (2011): 185–192. PubMed: 21617554— Furst, D.E., Venkatraman, M.M., Ram Manohar, P., et al. "Well Controlled, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trials of Classical Ayurvedic Treatment Are Possible in Rheumatoid Arthritis." Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 70, no. 2 (2011): 392. ard.bmj.com— Caraka Samhita, Janapadodhwamsa passage (Vimāna Sthāna 3)— Caraka Samhita, Vatarakta passage: "Kṛpābhyāsaiva krodham vātaraktam niyacchati"— Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing): Mi'kmaq principle of layered knowing, originating from Elders Albert and Murdena Marshall and Dr. Cheryl Bartlett at Cape Breton University. Referenced in WHO-affiliated integrative health frameworks. Wikipedia; Tremblay & Martin, "Etuaptmumk/Two-Eyed Seeing," in Global Handbook of Health Promotion Research, Vol. 3 (Springer, 2023).Texts by Rammanohar:— "Research for Understanding as Opposed to Evaluating Ayurveda", Ancient Science of Life 34(2), 2014— "The Translational Framework of Ayurveda as a Knowledge System", Ancient Science of Life 35(4), 2016— "Backing Up Ayurveda with Good Science: The Modus Operandi", Ancient Science of Life 34(3), 2015The host:Laure Marin is an Ayurvedic consultant, bodywork practitioner, and writer based between Tiohtià:ke/Montréal and Kerala. autoimmunetheory.comSubscribe to the newsletter for long-form essays and episode companions: autoimmunetheory.comTheme music: « Tremblement » by Michaël Boudreau, from the album Terre.To listen to the track, here: https://michaelboudreau.bandcamp.com/album/terreMichaël’s link tree: https://linktr.ee/michaelboudreau Get full access to Autoimmune Theory & Practice at www.autoimmunetheory.com/subscribe